Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service Collaboration. In 1904, the Italian town of Larderello saw the world’s first ...
Between power-hungry AI data centers, domestic manufacturing growth, and electric vehicles, US electricity demand is set to soar in coming years, and utilities aren’t yet sure where the supply to meet ...
Fervo is building the world’s largest enhanced geothermal project to deliver clean energy to homes and data centers. By harnessing heat from deep below ground, Fervo promises 24/7 clean geothermal ...
Operation of a geothermal heat pump. From US Department of Energy. Geothermal heat pumps, https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/geothermal-heat-pumps [accessed 11.04.25 ...
Zanskar used AI tools to identify a site that could host a commercial power plant. Sometimes geothermal hot spots are obvious, marked by geysers and hot springs on the planet’s surface. But in other ...
Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering. By Ivan Penn and Brad Plumer For ...
Meta is the latest tech company to warm to geothermal energy, announcing on Thursday a deal with startup XGS Energy to develop a 150 megawatt geothermal power plant in New Mexico. XGS Energy has yet ...